Trestman noncommittal when asked about Urlacher’s future

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Feb 21, 2013

Trestman also discussed linebacker Brian Urlacher's future with the Bears. Bears coach Marc Trestman was the first the coach to meet the media Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium, and it didn’t take long for the future of Brian Urlac… (more)her to be brought up. The 34-year-old Urlacher knows if he’s going to stay, he’s going to need to take a pay cut from the $7.5 million he made last year, but from the lack of enthusiasm in Trestman’s answer, it’s hard to divine if the teams is terribly motivated to keep him around. During interviews Thursday, general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman left few clues about their plans for a player who has spent the past decade as the face of the franchise. They dodged contract-related questions about Jay Cutler, Henry Melton and Brian Urlacher and emphasized that they fiercely protect their rankings of unrestricted free agents and incoming rookies like Heinz does its recipe for ketchup. The team’s medical staff will ­focus on determining the health of the rookie class; the scouting and coaching staffs will determine the measurables of players and interview them; and Emery and Cliff Stein, the vice president of football administration, will visit with a slew of agents in the coming days.

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